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Happy New Year!

Welcome to 1985! As the new year
looks to be another year of suprises
here is some news from the vine:

We all hope Rita is doing well after
her stay in the hospital. Join me in
wishing her a healthy new year.

The East Bay group is looking for 4
new President. If you are interested,
come to the next meeting and let your
_ voice be heard!

Perp. Cal. (cont)

q UUMELINEZ

January 1985
Stringy Fleppy Rev. Compuserve Guide. Rey.

Issue |

Jungle Jim: Display N/L Exchange

$1.00

Tas. Twe Ref. Guide Letters to Timelinez Computer Caleadar

Test-Bit Subroutine
TAS YUORD Tuo
REFERENC ECE GUIs eE
REGULAR CONTROLS
EDIT HELP MENU.
CAPS LOCK CAPITALS LOCKED
ENTER RETURN (NEXT LINE}?
ARROWS CURSOR MOVEMENT
TRU VIBES CURSOR BY WORD LEFT
INV UIDCEO CURSOR BY WORD RIGHT
CELETE DELETE CHARACTER
NOT DELETE LINE
AND INSERT LINE-CHARACTR
= MOUE LINE TO LEFT
= MOUE LINE TO RIGHT
, CENTER LINE
OR GQ TO ENG OF TEXT
AT GO TO START OF TEXT
Ta SCROLL COUN
THEN SCROLL UP
STEP FEFORM PARAGRAPH
STOP TO SU/LO-PRAT MENU
FXTENDED C ONTROLS
EIT HELP MENU
ARROWS CURSOR MOVEMENT
= FAST SCROLL DOUN
G FAST SCROLL UF
Pat SET LEFT MARGIN
D SET RIGHT MARGIN
S RESET NORMAL MARGINS
e CHANGE WINDOW
R REPLACE OR FIND TEXT
i INSERT MODE: ON/OFF
ld WORD -UWURAP: ON -OFF
E RIGHT JUSTFY: ON/OFF
ul JUSTIFY LINE
H UNJUSTIFY LINE
B MARK TEXT BEGINNING
U MARK TEXT END
M MOVE TEXT
N COPY TEXT
L LARGE PRINTING: ON
K LARGE PRINTING: OFF
P PRINT TEXT
33 4 CLEAR TEXT FILE

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IMELINEZ
The Jungle Jim

You can have more fun with your 1000
or 1500 if you learn how. the machine
works. For example, by learning how
information is stored inside the
computer, you can learn how to change
the information directly to get the
results you went. |

This month | continue my discussion
of the “display file". | hope you have
as much fun as | do, making the
computer do things which are uncon-
ventional, including self analysis!

Display File—Storage Form in memory there is
an area known as the display file. It holds the codes
for the characters which appear on the TV or
monitor screen. The display file is stored according
to strict rules. if these rules are not followed while
the display file is being modified, the computer may
lose your program.

The display begins at D_FILE. D__FILEis asystem
variable which holds the start address of the
display file. The first character of the display file is
always an ENTER (code =1 18). From here, there
are two ways the display file can be stored.

If you have fewer than 3.25K bytes of RAM (3328
bytes) then each line of display file will vary in
length. There must always be an ENTER character

ioe

at the end of the line. There are 24 lines in the Le

i in the display file holds the
me Lael to be printed at that spot in
the display. Try this:

5 PRINT “JIM”
10 LET DFILE=PEEK 16396+256*PEEK 16397

20 FOR I=DFILE TO DFILE+20
30 PRINT PEEK i
40 NEXT |

Notice the 118’s which mark the ends of lines on
your screen. Also notice how the screen is
constantly being changed as you run a program.
This means your display file is expanding and
contracting as you PRINT and CLS. if you have
more than 3.25K and want to try this, then POKE
16389,72; press NEW ENTER and then enter the

program.
If you have more then 3.25K (3327 bytes) memory,

then the display file is stored differently. Now you

have enough room so that the computer “expands”
your display file to the maximum by adding spaces
to all the lines. Each line has 32 bytes, then ends
with an ENTER (118). Try this:

10 PRINT “JIM”
20 LET DFILE=PEEK 16396+256*PEEK 16397
30 FOR I=DFILE TO DFILE+100

40 PRINT PEEK |;"f }”

50 NEXT!

Note: [ ] enclosed is displayed in reverse video.

Notice all the spaces. Since each line is kept at 32
characters across plus the ENTER(118) character,
the display file for machines with more than 3.25K
remains a fixed size: the ENTER character at the
start of the file, then 24 lines of 32+1 (ENTER)
characters. This uses 1+24(32+1) = 792 bytes. The
display file always takes up 792 bytes. However, it
still moves around in memory each time you
change a line in your program. See Memory Map.
Knowing where your display file is and how it is

\

stored is essential if you want to do Assembly .

language programming. .

HPAES EBARABRRSRSABHEABA ABABA RMEARAUNAARE BEBE RAH EEAEED

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Copies of

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for $13.00 (includes postage and handling) from Jim March, 216
Partridge Ave, Oakland, Ca, 94605 or for $14.95 plus tax at
bookstores (including Stacey's in Palo Alto and San Francisco}

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IMELINE

HARDWARE REVIEW
TYPE: A & J MODEL 2000

STRINGY FLOPPY
PURPOSE: Mass Storage Device
FROM: Knighted Computers

PH. 315-593-8219

For same reason my programs always
use all of the 38K RAM on my TS 2068
computer so I looked forward to the arrival
of the A & J Micro Drive which I purchased
for $203.00, delivery included. Since then,
ZI have found it could be bought for about
$30.00 less at Pheonix Mnterprises, 1788 N.
Dupont Hywy. #17, Dover, Delaware 19981
(PH. 302-734-8179). In any event, this
Micro Drive and interface is far
than a disc drive and operates at 11,400
BAUD. I can load a 38K program in 45
seconds which is about 1/4 the time it
took me using a cassette recorder. You
can VERIFY your SAVES, SAVE CODE, SAVE DATA,
everything else that you can do with a
cassette recorder.

The interface plugs into the back of
the TS 2068 and has convenient 18" long
ribbon. You can piggyback your Modem and
TS 2040 printer onto the interface.

CAUTION, do not connect your TS printer
to the edge connector on top of the inter-
face. Apparently, this port was meant for
a Centronics printer and requires additional
hardware to work (See Page 5, TSS NEWSNOTES
DEC. 1984). The A & J Manual is easily

understood, however, it does not tell you any~
thing about the printer port. You can modify

your programs in less than a minute to

utilize the Stringy Floppy and it does not use

any of your RAM. Knighted Computers also
enclosed some additional information on how
to convert auto start programs as well as
Tom Wood's Pro/file so they can be SAVED.

This unit. comes with five wafers which
have a capacity of 14, 28, 49, 70 and 85K.
i prefer the 35' wafers which can store 49K
wand can be purchased for $4.25 each. I
think someone can rum a mini-BBS using the
62' wafer that stores 85K.

Hardwere Review: A & J Medel 2000 Stringy Floppy a

The bad news is Icould not get the
Floppy to work after I installed a Spectrum
ROM chip. The Manual does not tell us the
source code and maybe sameone could figure
out how to make this work.

I couldn't help but to camare this
Micro Drive with the Stringy Floppy's fran
C.A.I. Instruments I have been using on my
TS 1000 for two years. They are not
interchangeable and the Model 2000 does not
require you to put a lot of POKE's and USR
calls in your program to make.it work.

The unit has a 90 day warranty and I
would strongly recamend its purchase.

Phil McConaghey, P.E.
Pembroke Pines, FL 33023

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the seeting dates in this area. after each letter with three
saseae ; RctpaL eos y a ete 1 needed one for ay 152668 so spaces at the beginning and 3
. I keyed one in. The foraulas spaces betweeen each letter.
Comyieolos I got froe someplace else, but In LINES 498 thru 495, the
Sr mTuNOHD EacEaiC the print forsatting is ay own. spaces mithin the °"has to be th
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oe een! wee: | After you have keyed in the H DIM D(12):- DIM A$(15)
aonth, you eust press ENTER, 31 — Ad
then the aonth of your choice 32 FOR d= 107

will be disiplayed, When the 33 READ Hid)

M aonth is on the screen you then 34 NENT J 1 1115619,23.27
3@@ REM #2A NEU HELPFUL HINTs< have 5 options. You @ay, with SD DATA Sy 7 bby sag h tytn,
302 REM with the arrow keys advance a 40 FOR a=i 10 Me
,304 REM 442068/SPECTRUM SCROLL eonth, go back a eonth, advance 94 READ n6(a),d‘a
306 REM aeuuE a year, or go back one year. 7 ic sees ween Reise,
ND CAR RE DHIPLSeareD ON THE 2068 The 30 key will COPY the screen 76 DATA ‘JAN",31,°FEB*, 28, "NAR
WITH: RANDOMIZE USR 2361. for you. 931, "APR, 38, “MAY, 31, °JUN", 38,
312 REM For those that don’t want to JUL",31, °AUG", 31, °SEP", 36, *OCT®,
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Perpetual Calendar Program

In the November issue of Timelinez
we printed the Timex Perpetual
Calendar program on page 86. How-
ever, we forgot to print the lines of
the program after line 460. So, if you
will bear with us, here is the whole
program.

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IMELINE

106 CLS : PRINT TAB 18;"T IME
X's PRINT TAB S;°C PERPETU
AL >": PRINT TABS" CALE
WDAR >*s PRINT : PRINT TAB 7;
"3 DIRECTIONS 8°

126 PRINT °7 = MOVE FORWARD ONE
MONTH": PRINT

136 PRINT °6 = NOVE BACK ONE HON
TH’: PRINT

14@ PRINT °8 = MOVE FORWARD ONE
YEAP*: PRINT

15@ PRINT °S = MOVE BACK ONE YEA
R": PRINT

168 PRINT ° (SPACE BAR) = DIRECT
IONS": PRINT

176 PRINT "OR ENTER NEW MONTH &
YEAR’: PRINT

186 PRINT “USE 4@> KEY TO LPRINT
HONTH®

185 PRINT ; PRINT "ENTER THE HON
TH & YEAR DESIRED"

199 INPUT M6; LET Y=VAL NS(4 TO
7)

208 FOR X=! TO 12

210 IF MG(1 TO S)=MG(X) THEN LE
T Wi

226 NEXT X

240 IF Y<i THEN 60 TO 3@

258 LET Del

268 LET CeINT ((¥-1)/168)

276 LET D=+C 836524

288 LET D=DeINT (C/4)

298 LET We(Y¥-1)-C8166

366 LET D=Dene365

316 LET DeD+INT (W/4)

328 IF Y/166C>INT (¥/166) THEN
60 10 348

336 1F ¥/468¢ INT (¥/460) THEN
60 TO 368

340 IF ¥/4<>INT (Y/4) THEN 60 T
0 348

356 LET L=]

366 IF Mei THEN GO TO 419

376 FOR I=1 TO Ae!

366 LET B=D+D(1)

396 IF J22 THEN LET DeDeL

466 NEXT I

AiO LET FeD-78INT (D/7)4!

446 IF MC>2 THEN LET L=8

445 CLS : PRINT *----------~----

456 PRINT TAB L13NS(M)5* °3Y

400 PRINT: PRINT'® SS oN OT
“eH T FS

475 LET J=Fs LET K=6: LET AAeF:
LET PO=@: LET PPs8

476 IF Ad=t THEN LET PO=t: LET
Ket

477 IF Ah=2 OR AR=3 OR AA=4 OR A
AsS THEN LET PPs1

’ More Perpetual Calendar } 99

406 FOR D=1 TO DIN)+L
496 IF (ke3 AND je) THEN PRINT
INVERSE 13 INK 2;TAB 8;* P'3d
s INVERSE @3: LET jejets 60 70 5

rm"
491 IF PP=@ THEN IF (k=3 AND j=

§) THEN PRINT INVERSE 1; TAB 17

-* E*sd: INVERSE @;: LET jejel:
60 TO 560

492 IF PO=@ THEN IF (k=4 AND j=
3) THEN PRINT INVERSE 1;TAB 9;
" S'sd: INVERSE #3: LET j=jti: 6
0 10 56¢

493 IF PO=! THEN IF (K=5 AND J=
3) THEN PRINT INVERSE 1;TAB 9;
"S's; INVERSE @;: LET J=ded: 6
0 10 566

494 IF PP=1 THEN IF (K=2 AND J=
5) THEN PRINT INVERSE 1; TAB 17
5° E°sD: INVERSE #3: LET J=v¢l:

60 TO 58
495 IF (Poet AND D(M)=36) THEN

IF (K=4 AND J=3) THEN PRINT IN
VERSE 1; TAR 93° S°;D;- INVERSE 6;
> LET J=J¢l: 60 10 596
A96 PRINT TAB h(j)sd3
497 LET jejels IF j=8 THEN LET
J=1: PRINT : PRINT : LET k=k+!
498 IF PO=t THEN IF K=6 THEN L
ET K=8

499 IF PO=@ THEN JF K=5 THEN L
ET Ka6

S00 IF (DeF<1)/7¢>1NT ((DeF-1)/7
) THEN G0 TO 528

528 WET D

— -§25 PRINT : PRINT °-------------

INT

338 LET L=6

55@ LET W=@: LET X=: LET 7=6
oe IF IW 63486=27 THEN 60 SUB

576 IF IW 61438=15 THEN 60 TO 7?
1§

5e¢ IF IN 61438=25 THEN 60 T0 7
qa

598 IF IN 63486=15 THEN LET Y¥=1
“i: 60 T0 238

606 IF IN 61438227 THEN LET Y=
+1: 60 10 238

Ai IF IN 32766=38 THEN 60 TO !

62@ 60 TO 565

716 LET MeR-1

728 IF We® THEN LET Y=Y¥-1: LET
N=12

734 60 10 236

746 LET MeHtl

758 IF M213 THEN LET YeVel: LET
Ne

76 60 10 238

86@ COPY : RETURN

TIMELINE

The reason I am writing ia because of @ few changes to r
RIVER CITIES SMART BOS. First, we just acquired a i0mg hard-disk
for the systes, giving us almost uniiaited room to make RIVER
CITIES the BEST board in the United States!

About a month ago we had the system crash because of &
power surge. This made us rebuild the system from scratch.
Hovever, this gave us the oppéertunity to make the board EVEN
BETTER! We took the feature we liked, and added other ideas we
had, iike a complete GNLINE GAMES erea. Where else do you know
of a board that can offer “Zork" ontine? Or simulate the
computer scenes from “HWARBGAMES"?7

I took the oppertunity to make the 7/8 SIG better, too. I
added more features to the T/8 Information Centers opened a very
large Download section (we will even have programs for the
1000/1500 '!), and wseonthiy drawings will be held for T/8
products.

Now for a littie bad news. Because of the expenses we have
incurred running this board (2 seperate phone lines, 61000. 00
for the extra hard-disk, etc.), we are going to have to ask for
@ email one-time Lifetine Meabership Fee. All of the money we
get will go into making the board even better; none of the money
wilt go to us. We want to make RIVER CITIES a national ly-known
source for T/8 users.

Sincerely,

Pcp

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ANNOUNCING j!! 8

& great uay to get the BEST use of your 1/8 soden, and keep
ap to date on the Jatest T/§ neus’

The RIVER CITIES SMART BBG
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The RIVER CITIES SMART BBS is a NEW bulletin board that has
a Gpecial Interest Group (SIG) especially for Timex/Sinciair
users.

For a emall one-time LIFETIME Membership Fee, you can be &
part of the BEST Timex/Sinciair SIG in the United States!!!

Here are a FEW of the features of the Timex SIG on the

RIVER CITIES SMART BBG:

- & fully equipped Message Center
(Leave messages to other T/S users around the country!)
~ Bulletins with current news of interest to T/S users
- An Information Center
(with Articles, product reviews, a National list of
T/8 User Groups, Publications, Dealers, and sore!>

And, for those with Smart Terainal
Byte-Back modems:

~ Programs that you can upload right into your computer!
(For the 1000 ang the 2068!)

software for Westridge or

Dear Tiaeaelinez

By now you will have had sense experiance with the fovaewttch. P
an eageriy waiting fer delivery on sine and have & questian en
ft - hope yeu have the answer! Wave you used (t with the Aerce
interface and have there been any preblens with (t? If there
were probleas do you have the solutions.

I’m running ay 2068 on FOB, When using the schanatic fer the
RGB board in the 2068 Tech. Manual, {f everything works except
the screen (s doing a fast horizental reil (and the horizental
control is inside the sonitor, as (t is on most of then) I have
found that changing the wiring from the negative te the positive
horizontal on the beard (er vice versa) will step the roli.

Is there anybody out there that has had experience with both
Gravist and Multi-Draw 2068.and ceuld give @ review on then?

I’m working py way threugh the Tieer Sinclair 2068 Intersed iate/
Advanced Guide by Narur and weuld be happy ta provide 7imeiitrnez

with a review (f nebody else is doing 80.
* Jeanna

Ji Cohen
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SPECTRUM ROM
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MORE INFORMATION FROM RITA | !
IMELINMES CARR'S HAL EXCHANGE. PROGRAM
JOYSTICK PORT MODIFICATION SoTron’ Ss NOTE:

If you turn the trakbail over,
14

CINC IMME

\y Well. it’s Been a whi le, but YOU have a mouse!!!
inally brushed the us or ;

the table and decided to get SUEKIEE SONMEGTOR EXCMAL AS SICAESE
back to work. At the October
meeting, I demonstrated a simple
MOdirication to se 28068 to allow
@ trakbatt (ATARI compatabte! to STICK UP
work through the player 2
JOYStick port (Figure 1). Timex STICK DOWN
mSae | bie Shares ifi une JOS ae
input, poss; ™Y mMmakang i ari
CULpUt port as we LL to BaSRE: ERSE
conmtrol their Microdrive. Pin 7
if shown in the Third Party STICK RIGHT
Mantial as an SElEect Line that
gces to oe logical low state when not usad
@ yoystick input ais required bY
&é program. ThiSf iS fine to
drive é OG ET Ea but doesn’t en
Wor or @ re a because it
EXPECtS that line to go to ee
ground. All that you have to do
tO make it Work if tO break the ADDRESS BIT § OR 9°
trace running from pin 7 of the
JOYStick Connector and run 4a POWER CROUND
jumper from pin 7 to ground (Pin
29 ei pe 2-ee Ere eeenel Will do
nicely ig will mot affect _ Te crite 3

= When Address Bic 8 ie high, the READ strobe to the lefe joystick is
the JOYSUI CK PEL Formance r) dciven low. Wen address bit 9 is high, the READ strobe to the vight
TIMEL INEZ MUTE - joystick ie dérivea low.

Ue have aiso used this
gedificatien for 2 CHRDKEY
BUGSeri«c Leypad.

TS 2560 PROSRAMHING FRON THE SINC-LINK N/L ee te CoN ne Ee

by Joan Roach GF TORGNTC, GNTARIC.
Recognizing V00's

OF GHINESUILiE, FL.

: C14
As you know from the manual, there are 21 User Detineabie FLASH -
Graphic cheracters which can be assigned from CODE 144 to CODE 164. To FORRES FOR SFECTRUM RAM
show what you are doing and to keep program LISTing as clear as “AC 1) hy ARTO
possible, it’s best to use the CHRS function rather than shifting to TASWORD WITH AERC
the Graphics sode.
19 PRINT CHRO 144; CHRO 145: CHRD 146 For those who have converted their

2068s to run with the Spectrum ROM
there 1s good news! Joe Willliamsan
U6 Loader has discovered the pokes necessary
to run the Spectrum version af

It’s instantly recognizable as UDG's.

This routine is not in the manual Sut it saves ea lot of typing

time not using all the BIN values. Tasword II with the Aerca iunter-
9898 FOR 97144 TO 164 (or less) face. :
9619 FOR nes TO 7 First load the Aerco software
98926 READ a : POKE USR CHRS "
9936 NEXT . thin then the Tasword II program. Get
9948 RESTORE : RETURN imtoa BASIC by holding down on the
9BSO DATA. ccccsccecseaces ’ =
symbol shift key and pressing
Each data statement contains @ numbers per jinet each number is STOF. Select Hasic trom the Merny
the decimal vaiue for the Binary, bits in UDG character row. Each ¢ata . os ag 5 as Howe
statement defines one character... then type in the following pokes
o cde ° om — Ses 3.1 fit
Fancy Titles without line numbers : pressing
enter after each line.
Assign a string to TS less than or equal to 32 characters tor TF OS; =
' the title and a value to the variable ‘pa® less than 22 for PRINT AT FORE eres Liat
line number: FORE S8004 98
Th ot on Fay my
“18 LET TS = °MERE IS A PROGRAM TITLE? . FORE 58008,127 |
28 LET pa = 19 Now return to Tasword TI with RUN
38 GOSUB 188 we
ao STOP and ENTER. Save your new version of

Tasword II as offered by the same
198 LET M = LEN TS: IF M/2 <> INT (6/2) THEN LET Te = Te 0 © 8

S LET Mo mM 8 manu which got you into Basic.
318 FOR N = 1 TO M/2 : PRINT AT pa, 16-Ni TS ( TO NDS TO (MH - Ne cicrosg SRR wa Be Par we cae
TO 3): BEEP .02,2 # N : NEXT N : RETURN Richard Uravy

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NEW COMPUSERVE GUIDEBOOK SAVES
TIME AND MONEY FOR SUBSCRIBERS
by
Norm Lehfelde

Whether you ar@ an old hand on

Compuserve or | neophyte
antimidated by what appears to be
ar impenetrable electronic

labyrinth, yOu will Find something
of value in “How To Get The Mose
Out Of ComPpuserve,* a new Bantam
Bock by Charles Bowen and pavid
Peyton,

The Quthors are not only
experienced users of the giant data
base, bue G166 veteran SYSOPS
(S¥stem OPerators)., Their book has
Chopters Which alternate between
those designed to be step-by-step
guides to various sections of
Compuserve while you are on-line
and those which ere leisurely
explanations of what you have seen
on your screen during the on-line
SES8i10NS,

One of the ways in which this
Book excels over (Compuserve'‘s own
Publications 258 aiff aitS explicit
directions For getting OUT oF
vVorious sections of the network in
an orderiy fashion after you nave
gotten IN.

If you are a newcomer to
cele-computing, this book will
speed uP your progress consideratly
by Showing you how to dispense with
Compuserve‘s time- and aoney-~
consuming menus as you become sore
adept, AN especially useful feature
oF the book iS On appendix dubbed
"On-line Survival Kit,* Even if you
are en experienced Compuserve
navigator you will find this
Quick-reference listing of the most
useful commands anvaluable while
you are one-line,

You can order this book from
the On-line ordering section of
Compuserve, but at is also
evailable in the computer sections
of major book stores,

Compuserve Guidebook and Some important Dates 102

COMPUTER vu
CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 1985

16 California Computer Swap
Alameda County Fairgrounds

1? Peninsula User Group
(415) 3359-3198 1 p.m.

21 East Bay Z80 User Group
(4135) 234-3310 7:30 p.Mme

26 Silicon Valley TS User Group
(408) 738-2888 x4536 7 p.m.

MARCH 1985

2-3 Computer Supermarket Show
San Mateo County Fairgrounds
10 ~ Spm $7 (415)340-9113

17 Peninsula User Group

2i Fast Bay Z80 User Group
(415) 234-3310 7:30 p.m.

26 Silicon Valley TS User Group
(408)738-2888 X4536 7 p.m.

3O- The 10th West Coast Computer
Apr Faire Moscone Center, SF

Z (617) 965-8350

TIRES ARD LOCATIONS HAY DIFFER, PLEASE CALL FIRST

2066 ROM Disassembly

Rumor has it that Bob Orrfelt of the
Peninsula group has disassembled the
2068 ROM. His listing includes some
comments and the 280 code. How
about some articles on the code? Or
how a disassembly is done? What is a
disassembly, anyway? How about it,
Bob?

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BRBEL 654 4@th Street |
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TLE Te an] (415) 234-3318 or 531-6566

PRESIDENT Joel Brody
MRSS RSET: RICK Link

EBZUG meets the third Thursday
OF e€ach month at:

VEST BRANCH BERKELEY PUBL IC
LIBRARY at the en I of
University and San Pablo.
Meetings start at ¥:38 pm
Bring equipment a @@ power
Strips. an

aga February 21, 1985
aT March 21, 1985

Bbc tL oon) HR Dp 7 April 18, 1985

PENINSULA USER GROUP - PUG
263 Gateway No. 187
Pacifica, CA S4aee

(415) 359-3198 of 333-2231

PRESIDENT George Moctridge
LETTER EDITOR George Hoctridge

PUG meets the third Sunday
Of each month at:

PENINSULA HOSPITAL, 1783 EL
CANINO, BURLINGAME. Pm.
Meet. roo@a on tower level. Use
North entrance. S8ring equip.
& extension cords if Possible.
UPCOMING MEETINGS ;
February 17, 1965
March 17, 1985
April 21, 1985

Silicon Vattey SINCLAIR ABDI:
User Group (SUS ARIC)
P.0. BOX 4133

Santa Clara, CA 95054-8133
(468) 738-2888 x€536

PRESIDENT Rata Carr
pis Ie tseeaeeege:§ Bitl Milter

meets the tast Tuesday

sus

@f each month at:
Dysan Corp. Headquarters
S201 Patrick Henry Drive
Santa Clara, CA

(Please use North entrance
by the loading dock)

UPCOMING

IMELINE :

4 REM «<TEST-BIT SUBROUTINE+#
2 REM BY JACK DOHANY
3 REM (418) 321-7684

4 REN

S REM THE SUBROUTINE AT 182
ALLOWS USER TO DETERMINE WHETHER
A PARTICULAR BIT OF A SPECIFIED
BYTE IS ON(1) OR OFF (8).

6 REM ADJUST LINE 118 FOR
1800/2066.

8 REM LINES 1@-8@ DEMONSTRATE
USE OF SUBROUTINE.

9 REN

1@ CLS

2@ PRINT AT 21,8; "ADDRESS: (@-6
5535) ;

38 INPUT ADDR

32 LET ADDR=INT ADDR

34 IF Boon ee OR ADDR 65535 THE

ADDR
4@ PRINT “BIT: (@-7) “;

S2 LET BIT=INT SIT
S4 IF BIT<@ OR BSIT>7 THEN GO T

S56 PRINT BIT

6@ LET BYTE=PEEK ADDR

7@ GO SUB 18¢@

72 PRINT "LOC “;ADOR;” CONTAIN

S DECIMAL "; BYTE |
74 PRINT "BIT ";B8IT;" = “"; TEST
76 PRINT
78 PRINT
8@ GO TO 2e
97 REM
98 REM
son ie RGTURTTss: | FOR TS 2@68 OWNERS, HERE IS hoe

FFF - $FFF

Oe REM NEEDS BYTE=0-255 INTERESTING LITTLE PROGRAMMING
10, REN NEEDS SIT.o-7 TECHNIQUE. IT IS BASED UPON AN
104 REM GIVES TEST = @oR i ARTICLE BY MARK FENDRICK.
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112 REM T518@0:+ = bs — “hy ome
113 REM (? = RAISE TO POUER) ae AG eT ee Gaga BOR
12@ LET TEST=X-INT (X72) 42 rTee 25 2
13@ RETURN

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42 GD TO 2e

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SR SPR EES
Meneging Editor Jim Merch
TIMELINE 2
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